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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I really, truly, with all of my being, feel that we are reaching the end limits of what the human mind is currently able to contend with. We are so overstimulated it's insane. We literally need to evolve our physical bodies as a species to continue living as we are or we will literally die.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Or maybe just not go on the internet so much?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Most people are addicted. It's like you are saying "Just stop smoking cigarettes so often"

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That's a more reasonable suggestion than "evolve more lungs"

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    With cigarettes, we recognized the harm that they did and in response developed a series of regulations about where they could be used, who could use them when, how they could be advertised, warning labels that had to be applied, and taxes on them to discourage use and offset the societal harm. As result we get this:

    ...and this...

    The internet is a tricky one on account of it absolutely having crossover with the first amendment, but there's got to be a conversation about its effect on mental health and what if anything can be done in response.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Sorry man, but it's going to get worse before it gets better.

    And I have no idea if it's ever getting better

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